WARRNAMBOOL and Portland Kyokushin Karate students partook in a simultaneous 1000 board break and fundraiser for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal last Thursday.
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Board breaking is usually used as a method of measuring force of strikes, but the Portland and Warrnambool, along with other members of the Victorian Kyokushin Karate Association decided to incorporate the fundraising with their test of force.
Club spokeswomen Natalie Jorgensen explained how the event played out at Portland’s dojo.
“Fifteen adults and four teams of children lined up behind their stack of 20 boards, counting down to 7.30pm,” she said. “Once 7.30 came the students started breaking boards, as did other members of the Victorian Kyokushin Karate Association at Leopold, Narree Warren and Traralgon.”
The end total of successful broken boards by the two south-west dojos was 380. The Victorian Branch members were able to raise over $12,250. With the two south-west dojos raising $3,005.00 towards the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal.
Sean Hardeman
I'm a sports journalist for the Warrnambool Standard who covers a number of different sports across the south-west of Victoria. I enjoy watching cycling, surfing, football, soccer and Formula 1.
I'm a sports journalist for the Warrnambool Standard who covers a number of different sports across the south-west of Victoria. I enjoy watching cycling, surfing, football, soccer and Formula 1.
